Anyone who wants to learn something about the self-image of students has ideal research conditions on the university campus.

It is clear that this self-image differs between the faculties.

How clichéd some disciplines act is surprising.

At the University of Mannheim there are the so-called snail farm parties, which are particularly insightful in this regard.

Every week a different student council organizes the student party in the Uni-Hof, which reflects the individual subject in its interaction with society in a self-chosen motto.

When it is the turn of the philologists, they do what they are trained to do: they process the everyday culture of their fellow students.

For example, if they organize a yard party with the motto "Brudi, I have to yard", it plays with the meme culture of the internet,

omnipresent among young people.

Communication scientists take a similar view, using mottos such as “Netflix and Chill” to process the effects of changing forms of communication on everyday life.

“Netflix and chill” is the euphemism for a sex date in a jargon coined by online dating.

The parties are valuable preserves that reveal what the students find remarkable from the perspective of their subject.

They show social developments in a humorous way.

On the other hand, the business administration students, who play a special role in Mannheim, rely exclusively on self-portrayal.

As one of the most important business administration universities in Germany, Mannheim brings together the ambitious high school graduates and ensures them the best career prospects.

The university's elite narrative rubs off on the youngsters, who no longer know how to behave other than a "Faserland" Kracht.

And so they like to organize the student party as a yacht party, with a motto like “MS BWL.

Women and business people first” sends clear signals of the deadly mixture of arrogance and chauvinism.

They use the parties as a platform to reinforce the neoliberal image of the all-powerful business boss on campus.

In return, they place themselves above their fellow students from other faculties.

They recently celebrated a "BWL-Sylt" party with the subtitle: "You with 9 euros.

We with 911s.”

This not only plays unimaginatively with the traditional Sylt phantasm of the Germans and a 9-euro ticket scolding, but also shows a lack of understanding of the social relevance of the subject.

It takes good business people.

But where they only think about their own Porsche and define themselves through an aggressively distinctive wealth, they harm society.

It is strange that this milieu is being cultivated at a state university.

Because in the end, everyone finances it, including 9-euro ticket drivers and even those who are not business graduates.